When plans were announced for a Freddie Mercury biopic, plenty of fans screamed "Galileo!" in sheer delight. But when the film opened, it hit a few flat notes.
Happy Halloween, indeed. Director David Gordon Green's Halloween reboot film made its silver screen debut last night, October 18, and pulled in $7.7 million across 3,200 North American theaters. The horror flick is expected to earn upwards of $65 million during its opening weekend.
When Ant-Man and the Wasp floated like a butterfly into theaters, it also stung like a bee at the box office. The Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly-led Ant-Man sequel opened for pre-official release previews on Thursday, July 5, when it took home an estimated $11 million domestically.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado has scored the first point against fellow new release Uncle Drew at the weekend box office. The action flick topped Uncle Drew in Thursday night previews, bringing in $2 million to the basketball comedy's $1.1 million.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Justice Smith, Daniella Pineda, and Jeff Goldblum, will go up against the second weekend of Pixar's The Incredibles 2 at the box office.
The Incredibles 2 had an incredible start at the box office on Thursday. The film should easily top fellow new releases Tag and Superfly over the weekend, and will also go up against Ocean's 8, Deadpool 2, Avengers: Infinity War, and Hereditary.
Solo: A Star Wars Story is looking to top Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End's Memorial Day box office record. The film stars Alden Ehrenreich as a younger version of the gunslinger played by Harrison Ford in the original Star Wars trilogy.
Deadpool 2 is already a box office superhero. The Ryan Reynolds film broke box office records in Thursday previews, surpassing It for the highest ever previews for an R-rated movie.
Avengers: Infinity War is already breaking box office records. The film opened with a massive $39 million in Thursday previews, the highest ever for a film in the MCU It is also the fourth highest Thursday showing of all time.